MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York denying appellant's petition for the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari.
The petition alleges that petitioner was convicted in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of the city and county of New York, in May, 1886, of the crime of bribery, committed as a member of the common council...
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